xxi, 600 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm

"A Secret History of the IRA revises our understanding not only of the Irish peace process but also of late-twentieth-century Irish and British history. Written by award-winning Irish journalist Ed Moloney, it tells the dramatic story of the inner workings and deadly rivalries of one of Europe's most secretive terrorist groups and presents us with a new view of Gerry Adams, who maneuvered the IRA into ending its long, bloody conflict with Great Britain."--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references and index

List of maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- -- -- PART ONE. The dogs of war -- 1. Roots -- 2. The defenders -- 3. "The big lad" -- -- -- PART TWO. Taking on the old guard -- 4. Cage 11 -- 5. "Our Dreyfus" -- 6. A long, hot Summer -- -- -- PART THREE. A secret process -- 7. "Behind the scenes" -- 8. Dealing with the Brits -- 9. "Stepping stones" -- 10. "No idle boast" -- 11. Death in Tyrone -- 12. "The war of the twilight" -- 13. The Derry experiment -- -- -- PART FOUR. Ending the war -- 14. Seven men in a room -- 15. Cease-fire -- 16. The Sos -- 17. The point of no return -- Epilogue -- -- -- Appendix 1. Special Sinn Fein Ard Comhairle meeting, April 12, 1980 -- Appendix 2. TUAS document -- Summer 1994 -- Appendix 3. Post-1996 convention IRA constitution -- Appendix 4. IRA executive chairman Sean McGrane's speech at the 1997 convention -- Appendix 5. IRA chiefs of staff -- Appendix 6. The Mitchell principles -- Notes -- Chronology of events -- Dramatis personae -- Glossary of terms and abbreviations -- Chart of IRA structure -- Bibliography -- Index

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